HOLY BOOMERANG

READING: ACTS 12:5-11

Verse 6: “And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison”

We know that the devil’s intentions are to kill, to steal and destroy, and that he is persistent at those goals of his. However I’m grateful for the times when the harder he tries to defeat God’s people and purposes; the greater is his defeat instead. In this case, verse 6 describes Peter’s imprisonment. He was chained to two soldiers while others guarded the door. These guards knew their lives were at risk if their prisoner escaped. Yet in spite of all these precautions, an angel of the Lord released Peter. In the end, the extraordinary measures taken to restrain Peter resulted in the following major result. They caused God’s method of rescuing him to be all the more glorious and powerful. Do you face a great challenge? Like Peter’s, your situation is intended to become yet another way in which the Lord will be glorified! He is Who He says He is, and He will do all that He intends, no matter how difficult it may seem to be. That’s a thought – about God’s Word.

RESPONSE 

1. What does Peter’s experience say to you about your challenges?

2. What commitment would the Holy Spirit have you make toward future difficulties?